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<i> Film Director Emily Harrold thanks the Robinson family May 8 at the 2013 Robinson International Short Film Competition. Harrold’s film “Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust” was given the Kesef Award. Five short films were shown at the gala, and three awards were given in honor of the memory of Sanford N. Robinson Sr. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)</i>
‘Castaways’ takes top honor at Robinson Short Film Competition
The passengers knew they were going to die. Rounded up by Nazis, they were on trains headed to the Treblinka death camp in Poland.  So they took a desperate measure. They threw their young children...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Lisa Lurie, one of the Cancer Be Glammed co-founders, on left, and Allderdice teacher Julie Farber, who with her top jewelry students in partnership with Pittsburgh-based website Cancer Be Glammed, paired the students with women coping with cancer in order to craft pieces of jewelry for them. Women were given their personalized jewelry May 4 at a gathering at the Summerset at Frick Park Community Center. (Photo courtesy of Paul Firemen)</i>
Cancer Be Glammed thanks to Allderdice jewelry class
An estimated 805,600 women will be diagnosed with some sort of cancer this year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. And 79,560 of them, almost 10 percent, will be in Pen...
May 20, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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JF&CS holds annual meeting, examines impact of five-year plan
“The Imprint and Impact of Collaboration” was the theme at Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s annual meeting, held this past Monday evening at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Following a dessert recep...
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<i> Recipents of the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) program are pictured here with their award. They are, from left to right, Charlene Tissenbaum, chair of the P2G Youth Kesher (Connection) Committee; Jan Levinson, P2G co-chair; Andrea Arbel, director of the Partnership Unit, Jewish Agency for Israel; Cindy Goodman Leib, P2G co-chair; Sue Linzer, Jewish Federation associate director of planning and director of overseas operations; and Debbie Swartz, Pittsburgh P2G coordinator. (Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh photo)</i>
Jewish Pittsburgh, partner communities, garner JAFI award for P2G project
The Pittsburgh Jewish community received First Place recognition in the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) p...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chabad to stage May 29 women’s concert at CMU
The musical and artistic talents of Pittsburgh’s Jewish women will be celebrated Wednesday, May 29, at a communitywide event for women hosted by Chabad of Pittsburgh. The concert, which will be hel...
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<i> Robert Rehák</i>
Metro Briefs May 16
Robert Řehák , cultural attaché at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C., will speak on “The History and Legends of the Jews in Prague,” Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. at the Ellis Scho...
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<i> Twin sisters Betty Kane and Judy Meyers play a piano duet in their Squirrel Hill home. Despite the twins’ blindness since birth, they’ve become accomplished pianists, and they often volunteer their musical services at community events. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)</i>
Sightless sisters make a lifetime of music
They sit next to each other on a piano bench covered with a pink pillow.  Playing in tandem, their fingers effortlessly glide up and down the piano keys, not missing a single note. The old Baldwin ...
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<i> Rabbi Ezra Ende lifts high a Torah during a recent Simchat Torah celebration with members of the Kiryat HaYovel Chavura community in Jerusalem. (Kiryat HaYovel Chavura photo)</i>
Ezra Ende returns to Pittsburgh; touts new ‘community’ in Jerusalem neighborhood
Rabbi Ezra Ende is so committed to religious pluralism in Jerusalem that he’s working to develop a new congregation to preserve it. The former associate rabbi at Temple Sinai, is revisiting Pittsbu...
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<i>Michael Levin, for whom the Lone Soldier Center is named, was killed in the Lebanon War of 2006.</i>
Israeli lone soldiers need help
You can find lone soldiers everywhere in Israeli society, Idan Ianovici said, which indicates just how great is the challenge he faces. “A lone soldier is a soldier who can’t live in their parent’...
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Gun control in U.S. a divisive issue for American Jews
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Apr 16, 2009 | 10 10 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section has partnered with CeaseFirePA, the largest gun violence prevention group in Pennsylvania, to advocate for “common sense” gun control laws. F...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — oy gevalt, it’s a Jewish ‘Watchmensch’
by Rachel Freedenberg
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
SAN FRANCISCO — Who watches the watchmensch? Yes, you read that right — the comic book “Watchmen” is getting a Yiddish makeover courtesy of a British comic writer. And in fitting with “Watchmen’s” ...
ArtScroll facing challenge from Modern Orthodox
by Ben Harris
JTA
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK — For decades, Mesorah Publications has towered over the English-language Jewish publishing world like a Goliath. The Orthodox publishing firm’s siddur, produced under the ArtScroll imprin...
Reform’s Saperstein tops Newsweek’s rabbis list
by Tom Tugend
JTA
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
LOS ANGELES — Hold the presses and indignant blogs. There’s a new Number One rabbi on Newsweek’s list of the 50 most influential American rabbis, dethroning the previous champion. Rabbi David Saper...
Tough economy inspires young Jews to study in Israel
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
In these tough economic times, when jobs are scarce, especially for recent college graduates, many young Jewish adults are finding an inspired solution to their financial woes: spend some time in ...
Pittsburgh man returns home after stint as Alaska’s top prosecutor
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
After a 30-month stint as the U.S. attorney for the District of Alaska, Pittsburgh native Nelson Cohen is back home. In March, Cohen stepped down from the position, which he accepted on an interim ...
Pittsburghers create new chapter of Brit Tzedek
by Mike Zoller
Associate Editor
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, a national organization dedicated to promoting a two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians, has formed a new chapter in Pittsburgh. A committee of 12 people org...
Pittsburgh native in charge of political operations for J Street
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Apr 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Joel Rubin, a fourth generation Pittsburgher, comes from a family that has long taken an active role in supporting the State of Israel. Take a walk along Forbes Avenue and check out the front of th...
Taking office, Netanyahu continues balancing act
by Uriel Heilman
JTA
Apr 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The warnings from Israeli pundits and foreign observers alike came almost as soon as Israeli President Shimon Peres picked Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli next government. The m...
D.C. Jewish theater director defends reading of anti-Israel play
by Aaron Leibel
Washington Jewish Week
Apr 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON — Ari Roth is not surprised that his decision to stage a reading of “Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza” has infuriated some in the Washington Jewish community. “People have a right ...